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Greg Irons - Deviant Slice Funnies #1 Cover Original Art (Print
Mint Press, 1972). Self-taught cartoonist Greg Irons arrived in
San Francisco in early 1967, and roamed around the Haight-Ashbury,
prolifically rendering acid-enhanced impressions in his sketchbook.
He would later use these images in the creation of his rock
posters. Apart from poster art, Irons became known as one of the
seminal figures in Underground comix, but it was the art of
tattooing that eventually became his all-consuming passion. "Greg
was somewhat ahead of the game in that he could just flip through
his sketch book and cop ideas. A lot of what he drew were bizarre
conglomerates of urban decay," said his brother, Mark Irons. Which
leads us directly to this gluttonous pen and ink, and watercolor
illustration, created for the cover to the first Deviant Slice
Funnies. Irons listed Mad artists, Harvey Kurtzman, Bill
Elder, Wally Wood and Jack Davis as his earliest influences, and
you can feel their inspiration in this decadent delineation from
1972. The cover's image area measures 8" x 11" and the art is in
Excellent condition.